Pithecops Explained

Pithecops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1828.

Species include:^[1]

• Pithecops hylax Horsfield 1828 - forest Quaker
• Pithecops fulgens Doherty 1889 - blue Quaker
• Pithecops mariae de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo.
• Pithecops dionisius (Boisduval, 1832) Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelage, Solomon Islands
• Pithecops phoenix (Röber, 1886) Celebes
• Pithecops corvus Fruhstorfer, 1919

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . December 25, 2018 . Pithecops Horsfield, [1828] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 14, 2020.